January20-23

Obama spent the day moving around Washington to celebrate public service and Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, switching easily from self-deprecation to faux cockiness to calls for action.
==="Make sure I do something simple," he told volunteers sprucing up Sasha Bruce House, a shelter for homeless teens in one of Washington's poorer neighborhoods. "Don't give me plumbing or electrical work."=== ===He took a roller on an extension pole and began painting a dorm wall blue as reporters, photographers, volunteers and Secret Service agents jostled for space.===

Tuesday 1/20
===1. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr, and as an introduction to our next unit, watch MLK deliver his incredibly powerful "I Have a Dream" speech. //(the video I have is too large to upload on wiki - but click on the pictures above for great info.)//===

1 - question you have about anything related to MLK
===Homework due Thursday - Read the words to the MLK speech in your Lit. book p. 494-498 and answer the questions at the end. (1-10 and yellow box) Pay special attention to the literary devices MLK uses to make his speech powerful. ===

1. Work on Japanese letters/manilla folders - due Friday

 * ===You should read what the students wrote to you and to the whole class on the large paper. You should respond to their questions and ask some of your own.===
 * ===Also, you must use 11 verbs in the following way: simple past, present, future (walk, walked, will walk)===

5 irregular verbs (verbs that do not follow the "ed" rule) p.156 in text book or click [|here]

 * ===If you are not sure how to tell if you have used all of the required verb tenses, make a chart on the bottom of your rough draft like this and write in the verbs you've used so far. The open spaces will show you what verbs you have to add.===
 * = ===simple tense=== ||= ===perfect tense (in past tense form)=== ||= ===5 irregular verbs (do not follow rules)=== ||
 * = ===present _=== ||= ===present perfect (has/have)=== ||= === === ||
 * = ===past=== ||= ===past perfect (had)=== ||= === === ||
 * = ===future_=== ||= ===future perfect (will have)_=== ||= === === ||
 * = ===future_=== ||= ===future perfect (will have)_=== ||= === === ||

===Homework due tomorrow - Read the words to the MLK speech in your Lit. book p. 494-498 and answer the questions at the end. Pay special attention to the literary devices MLK uses to make his speech powerful. ===

1. Go over the answers to the MLK assignment.
===2. What do you know about the Civil RIghts Movement? Go to the [|Civil Right's Museum's website] to find out more about the people and events of the time.===

Homework: look through the links below to learn more about the CRM and to choose a topic.

 * ==[|National Civil Rights Museum]==
 * ==[|Evolution of Black History - Interactive Timeline]==
 * ==[|Voices of Civil Rights]==
 * ==[|Places of the Civil Rights Movement]==
 * ==[|Africana Online]==
 * ==[|NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)]==
 * ==[|Sparticus--A great resource. Just make sure you choose an event or person from 1954-1970.]==
 * ==[|About.com--this is a great site with which to begin. It splits up all topics in three categories--events, organizations, and people.]==